The Roots Create the Fruits
Imagine a tree. Let’s suppose this tree represents the tree of life. On this tree there are fruits. In life, our fruits are called our results. So we look at the fruits (our results) and we don’t like them: there aren’t enough of them, they’re too small, or they don’t taste good.
So what do we tend to do? Most of us put even more attention and focus on the fruits and our results. But what is it that actually creates those particular fruits? It’s the seeds and the roots that create those fruits.
It’s what’s under the ground that creates what’s above the ground. It’s what’s invisible that creates what’s visible. So what does that mean? It means that if you want to change the fruits, you will first have to change the roots. If you want to change the visible, you must first change the invisible.
Awareness is the KEY and the first step to change. You can’t change what you don’t know.
I spend 10+ years trying to change the result and focus even more on the results and 10 years later nothing happens… Still getting the same results.
In order to change the results. I need to change internally… My Mindset, Habit, Character, and Virtue, and upgrade my skill set.
This reminds me of Steven Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Sharpen the Saw. Suppose you were to come upon someone in the woods working really hard to saw down a tree. “What are you doing?” “Can’t you see?” “I’m sawing down this tree.” “You look exhausted!”. “How long have you been at it?” “Over five hours,” he returns, “and I’m beat! This is hard work.” “Well, why don’t you take a break for a few minutes and sharpen that saw?” “I’m sure it would go a lot faster.” “ I don’t have time to sharpen the saw,” “I’m too busy sawing!”
If you spend 3 hours sharpening the saw and 2 hours sawing the tree. You’re going to get more accomplished and work a lot easier.
40/7 Hour Rule: Work 40 hours and Invest 7 hours working on yourself.
T -> F -> A = R
Thoughts lead to feelings.
Feeling leads to actions.
Actions lead to results.
Your financial blueprint consists of a combination of your thoughts, feelings, and actions in the arena of money. So how is your money blueprint formed? The answer is simple. Your financial blueprint consists primarily of the information or “programming” you received in the past, and especially as a young child. Who were the primary sources of this programming or conditioning? For most people, the list includes parents, siblings, friends, authority figures, teachers, religious leaders, media, and your culture.
Where does this information come from? It comes from your past programming so let’s revise the formula.
P-> T -> F -> A = R
Programming leads to thoughts.
Thoughts lead to feelings.
Feeling leads to actions.
Actions lead to results.
Albert Einstein says you cannot solve a problem with the same mind that created the problem. In order for us to solve the problem we need to upgrade our Programming / Mindset. If we don’t update our Programming / Mindset we will continue to take the same actions and get the same results because Programming leads to thought and thoughts lead to feeling and feeling lead to actions and actions lead to results.
Rich people believe “I create my life.”
Poor people believe “Life happens to me.”
If you want to create wealth, it is imperative that you believe that you are at the steering wheel of your life, especially your financial life. If you don’t believe this, then you must inherently believe that you have little or no control over your life, and therefore you have little or no control over your financial success. That is not a rich attitude.
You have to believe that you are the one who creates your success, that you are the one who creates your mediocrity, and that you are the one creating your struggle around money and success.
Instead of taking responsibility for what’s going on in their lives, poor people choose to play the role of the victim.
Victim Clue#1: Blame
When it comes to why they’re not rich, most victims are professionals at the blame game. The object of this game is to see how many people and circumstances you can point the fighter at without ever looking at yourself. Victims blame the economy, government, stock market, business, employer, manager, customer service etc…
Victim Clue #2: justifying
If victims aren’t blaming, you’ll find them justifying or rationalizing their situation by saying something like “Money’s not really important.” Let me ask you this questions: if you said that your husband or wife, or your boyfriend or your girlfriend, or your partner or your friend, weren’t all that important, would any of them be around for long? I don’t think so, and neither would money!
Victim Clue#3: Complaining
Complaining is the absolute worst possible thing you could do for your health or your wealth. The worst! Why?
I’m a big believer in the universal law that states, “What you focus on expands.” When you are complaining, what are you focusing on, What’s right with your life or what’s wrong with it? You are obviously focusing on what’s wrong with it, and since what you focus on expands, you’ll keep getting more of what’s wrong.
The law of attraction is what you think about and talk about is what you’re going to attract. We become the person we are today because of the total sum of our thoughts. When we blame, complain, and being a victims. We are attracting what we don’t want in our lives. Catch yourself when you have negative thoughts and change how you speak to yourself.
Rich people play the money game to win.
Poor people play the money game to not lose.
Poor people play the money game on defense rather than offense. Let me ask you: if you were to play any sport of any game strictly on defense, what are the chances of you winning the game? Most people would agree, slim and none.
Yet that’s exactly how most people play the money game. Their primary concern is survival and security instead of creating wealth and abundance.
Can you imagine Lebron James playing basketball only on defense and never shooting the ball? What are the chances of winning? slim to none.
Let me ask you a question if the vending machine costs 100 cents for water. And you only put in 70, 80, or 99 cents would you receive the water? NO, because you would have to put in 100 cents that’s why most people never achieve their goal. They only give 70%, 80%, or 99%. You have to go ALL IN 100 percent…
Rich people focus on opportunities.
Poor people focus on obstacles.
Rich people see opportunities. Poor people see obstacles. Rich people see potential growth. Poor people see potential loss. Rich people focus on the rewards. Poor people focus on the risks.
I have a motto: “Action always beats inaction.” Rich people get started. They trust that once they get in the game, they can make intelligent decisions in the present moment, make corrections, and adjust their sails along the way.
Poor people don’t trust in themselves or their abilities, so they believe they have to know everything in advance, which is virtually impossible… Telling themselves, “I’m not doing anything until I’ve identified every possible problem and know exactly what to do about it,”
This reminds me of Ryan Holiday’s The Obstacle Is The Way there is an old zen story about a king whose people had grown soft and entitled. Dissatisfied with this state of affairs, he hoped to teach them a lesson. His plan was simple: He would place a large boulder in the middle of the main road, completely blocking entry into the city. He would then hide nearby and observe their reaction.
How would they respond? Would they band together to remove it? Or would they get discouraged, quit, and return home?
With growing disappointment, the king watched as subject after subject came to this impediment and turned away. Or, at best, tried half-heartedly before giving up. Many openly complained or cursed the king or fortune or bemoaned the inconvenience, but none managed to do anything about it.
After several days, a lone peasant came along on his way into town. He did not turn away. Instead, he strained and strained, trying to push it out of the way. Then an idea came to him: he scrambled into the nearby woods to find something he could use for leverage. Finally, he returned with a large branch he had crafted into a lever and deployed it to dislodge the massive rock from the road.
Beneath the rock were a purse of gold coins and a note from the king, which said: “The obstacle in the path becomes the path. Never forget, within every obstacle is an opportunity to improve our condition.”
Rich people are bigger than their problems.
Poor people are smaller than their problems.
Biggest differences between rich people and poor people. Rich and successful are bigger than their problems, while poor and unsuccessful people are smaller than their problems.
On a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being the lowest, imagine you are a person with a level 2 strength of character and attitude looking at a level 5 problem. Would this problem appear to be big or little? From a level 2 perspective, a level 5 problem would seem like a big problem.
Now imagine you’ve grown yourself and become a level 8 person. Would the same level 5 problem be a big problem or a little problem? Magically, the identical problem is now a little problem.
The size of the problem is never the issue – what matters is the size of you!
A lot of times we tell ourselves that we are not good enough, what’s wrong with me, I’m good enough, DON’T take it as a personal problem, take it as a SKILL SET challenge.
For most people, we were never taught how to train our Mindset, attitude, character, and habit. Your parents, teacher, sibling, and teacher are doing the best they can with what they have.
Don’t let the results or obstacles affect your self-worth. I don’t need results to prove that I’m good, I know that I’m good. I’ll get the results… Long-Term Thinking.
I won’t let the result affect how I make decisions. I’m going to give myself 5+ years to get good. When you think LONG-TERM. You’re not fixated on the daily what happens. You only need to focus on am I getting better every day. If I am no way I won’t get the result I want or become bigger than my problem.
Rich people constantly learn and grow.
Poor people think they already know.
I introduce people to what I call “the three most dangerous words in the English language.” Those words are “ I know that.” So how do you know if you know something? Simple. If you live it, you know it. Otherwise, you heard about it, you read about it, or you talk about it, but you don’t know it.
There’s a saying that author and speaker Jim Rohn uses that makes perfect sense here: “If you keep doing what you’ve always done, you’ll keep getting what you’ve always got.” You already know “your” way, what you need is to know some new ways.
Becoming rich isn’t as much about getting rich financially as about whom you have to become, in character and mind to get rich. I want to share a secret with you that few people know: the fastest way to get rich and stay rich is to work on developing you!
Rich people understand the order to success is BE, DO, HAVE.
Poor and middle-class people believe the order to success is HAVE, DO, BE.
If you were going to climb Mount Everest, would you hire a guide who’s never been to the summit before, or would it be smarter to find someone who’s made it to the top several times and knows exactly how to do it?
Ask yourself what’s my goal in the next 5, 10, 15, 25 years? WHO(Identity/Self-Image) do I need to become in order to achieve my goal?
And start Acting AS IF you’re already the person you want to become. Already having the character, attitude, mindset, and habit.
Who can I learn from that’s 25+ years where I want to be? Observe their attitude, character, mindset, habit, skill set, and do they offer courses that I can learn from.
The secret formula to learn: Time X Intensity = Work Accomplish
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